We hope you are enjoying these weekly feature posts from the authors of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. We're sharing some of our favorite things to help you get to know us a little better—and we’d love to hear your answers to these “favorites” questions in the comments below. Favorite Beverage (whether hot or cold): Coffee! But I’m a bit of a coffee snob. I prefer a premium … [Read more...]
Photo Highlights From Our Texas Book Tour!
I returned on Wednesday from the "Books & Boots Tour" of Texas that Dani Pettrey and I organized. Our road trip spanned more than 8 days and more than 1,000 miles. Texas is a huge state but, as you can see from the below route, we traveled a sizeable swath of it! Here's a photo highlight from each stop along the way... This road trip included lots of driving, lots … [Read more...]
Exploring Barcelona, Bookish News, and Link to a Giveaway
Last month, my husband and I had the opportunity to take our youngest two kids to Barcelona for their spring break. Because of my schedule at the university, we don't get to go on spring break or really any other trips during the school year. A couple times we've made a Thanksgiving trip to Disney World, but that's about it, because that's the time we can all be off. A year ago when we knew I … [Read more...]
Five Faith Lessons My Corgi Taught Me
by Kelly Goshorn by Levi Goshorn by Kelly & Levi Goshorn A heartfelt thank you to my friend and mentor, Dani Pettrey, for inviting me back to Inspired by Life and Fiction today. During a previous visit, I shared a few lessons my dog, Levi, taught me about the writing life (find that post here). Last month, we had to say good-bye to our sweet corgi, and my heart is still a bit … [Read more...]
New Books For Your TBR Pile!
I’ve recently had the privilege of reading early copies of a few friend’s Regency, Regency-Inspired, and Victorian era novels, and thought you might want to pre-order some of these for your own reading pleasure! The Mysteries of Pendowar Hall by Syrie James (Available now) A Victorian mystery crafted with impressive skill, style, and lovely echoes of Jane Eyre. Conflicting clues, mounting … [Read more...]
Funerals
Update: I originally wrote this in late February, then realized I'd accidentally scheduled two posts on one day. So I bumped this back to April. I'm writing this update on March 26, just after returning home from an unexpected funeral. Original post: When I wrote the Fairlawn books--which are all set in a funeral home-- I wish I'd written from a place of greater experience. At the time I … [Read more...]
Julie’s Favorites
We hope you are enjoying these weekly feature posts from the authors of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. We're sharing some of our favorite things to help you get to know us a little better—and we’d love to hear your answers to these “favorites” questions in the comments below. Favorite Beverage (whether hot or cold): In the mornings, I enjoy strong French roast coffee with heavy … [Read more...]
What do you call a group of writers?
Last week I saw this question on X: "A group of cats is a clowder. A group of dogs is a pack. A group people is a crowd. What is a group of writers?" I then posed the question to my writer friends. I started with "a procrastination of writers," and then they sent in a lot of other great suggestions. Lacking the poetic gene, I decided to ask Grok for some help turning those answers into … [Read more...]
The Mathematics of Dancing
A Sneak Peak of Proclaimer by Megan Schaulis When you live in a relatively small town, you don't expect to meet other published Christian Fiction authors, but Abilene, TX now has at least two of us! Funny enough, I didn't actually meet Megan until she introduced herself to me at an ACFW conference. Last year we met up again at a local public library event, and I eagerly invited her to do a … [Read more...]
Are you ready for some baseball?
I enjoy Major League Baseball. I’ve followed the Texas Rangers since around the time the franchise began in the spring of 1972. I was five. So many memories surround outings to games—from my younger years sweating in the bleachers with our cooler of food and drinks brought from home (you could do that then!) to listening to games on the radio during elementary school to celebrating my parents’ … [Read more...]
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